[Its.an.education.project] The rest of the puzzle

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 From a "theory or how to organize and manage difficult things" yes, 
electricity, energy, is a whole issue.  Many NGOs in Peru has work in 
the theme.  All without success (success mean solve the problem in most 
of the villages, not developing a technical solution.  There must be 
strong reasons (economy?, publicity? opportunity?) because the available 
solutions (until today) has not reach all those forgotten villages.

 From a "practical" point of view... it was right (and it is) that OLPC 
worries about the lack of energy (electricity) and try to develop an 
answer (without luck until this very moment).  IF there is no "energy 
solution" then no educational goal can be accomplished, we will not 
reach the poorest children.  Doing just the "delivery" of thousand of 
hundred of computers (without taking in account how they are used, where 
they are used, who are the ones that use them) is a failure for the 
ORIGINAL OLPC proposals and goals.

IF we work JUST in what we know, JUST in what we like, then we can 
finish like been a group of "big kids" playing only the games that want 
to play, working on the projects that like to work, dealing with the 
issues that we like to deal, reinventing wheels that move a little bit 
better than previos wheels.  IF we don't address problems that affects 
our educational project then we are just BIG KIDS, selfish, isolated 
from real world, IF we decide to don't speak more about energy or other 
things related to the project then we will end like a selfish and 
egotist group of people.  I am sure that there is a ton of good hearts 
and good people around the OLPC idea, so let's don't do a mistake and 
don't close our eyes to the whole picture of the poverty (that includes 
the lack of energy).

IF we can not reach those forgotten villages (because we are unable to 
provide an energy solution) then we are just humans.  Normal thing.  We 
are like our fathers and grandfathers that during the last 50 years.  If 
we don't have a proposal for energy problem then we MUST stop saying 
that we will reach the POOREST children.  All XOs are very welcome, for 
all our children (poor, poorer  or poorest) but, at least in Peru, my 
country, we should say that we will help some poor children, not the 
"poorest". 

Best regards,

Javier Rodriguez
Lima, Peru


Christoph Derndorfer wrote:
> Mikus Grinbergs schrieb:
>> --- snip ---
>>
>> If for instance "electricity in remote villages" MUST be addressed, 
>> set up a separate organization (with a different name) for that 
>> purpose.  Decouple the success (or failure) of *that* project from 
>> the "educational" goals identified with Sugar.
>>
>> --- snip ---
> +1
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